Turnstile



March 10, 1931. F 1,79%,151

TURNSTILB Filed Dec 1.4, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l i INVENTOR FFam Z P6??? TORNEYS March 19. 5), 1931. I F. .1. PEREY 19,796,161

TURNSTILE Filed Dec. 14, 1928 2 sheets-shet' 2 INVENTOR BY Frank J. P6 my AATORNEYIS Patented Mar. 10, 1931 UNITED STATES FRANK JOSEPH PEREY, OF WALDWIGK, NEW JERSEY TURNSTILE Application filed December 14, 1928.

This invention relates to an improvement in coin operated turnstiles of the type commonly used in subway entrances, amusement parks, etc.

An object of this invention is to provide aturnstile in which can be placed several coins at one time for successive operation thereof. This object is occasioned by the inconvenience presented by the turnstiles now in use in the operation of which it is necessary to insert a coin each time the turnstile is to be rotated.

A further object of this invention is to provide a turnstile of the type described which is entirely mechanically controlled whereby the objectionable and uncertain use of electrical appliances is entirely avoided.

Another object of this invention is to provide a turnstile of the type described which carries no hazard to the user in the form of over-swinging. That is to say, the turnstile made according to this invention is positively locked after each quarter revolution even though the operating mechanism become suddenly defective. This is an advantage over the present form which, if the operating mechanism should become useless, will swing freely and submit the person passing therethrough to the danger of a severe blow in the back. A still further object of this invention is to provide a turnstile the arm of which will yield when struck by the person entering, whether or not a coin has been deposited in the coin box, thereby eliminating the violent impact to which persons passing through are frequently subjected.

It is a still further object of this invention to utilize this yielding movement of the arms release the locking means in connection with the coin.

is a still further object of this invention to provide a coin operated mechanism in which all impacts are received by the periphery of the coin rather than by its face whereby defacement of the coin is wholly zwoided.

It is a still further object of this invention to construct a turnstile embocying the above enumerated advantages, and any other advantages which are not enumerated above but which will be apparent from the following detailed description, with comparatively few Serial No. 325,955.

parts in a simple sturdy mechanism which will not be easily put out of order and which will be easy to repair.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a plan view of the entire assembly.

Fig. 2 is a 31311 view with the upper plate removed and with the operating head in locked position.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of one end of the de vice with several parts removed and partly in section.

Fig. l is a plan view similar to Fig. 2 but with the operating head in unlocked position.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the operating head, parts of which have been removed.

Fig. 6 is a vertical longitudinal section taken along the line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is a vertical transverse section taken along the line 7-7 of Fig. 1.

Figs. 8, 9 and 10 are details of the coin operated mechanism showing the position of the coin at different stages ofthe operation.

Figs. 11 and 12 are transverse vertical sections along the line 1111 of Fig. 8 showing the coin when it is operating to release the locking mechanism and when it is beginning to drop into the coin box.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the device consists essentially in a head operating end and a rear coin controlling means connectcd by a channel containing! the locking means. These three main parts arev mounted on standards which elevate them to about the normal height.

The head operating part consists of a standard 1 carrying on its top a circular plate 2 having an offset annular portion 3. Connected to the plate 2 by bolts is a cup 4, for carrying the operating head, consisting of a lower cylindrical portion 5 having a chordal cut-out portion 6 and an annular oflF-set portion 7. At the top of the cylinder 5 is a flange 8 terminating in an upper cylindrical portion 9 having a cut-away portion 10 and carrying an ofi-set arcuate portion 11. Mounted on the bottom of the cup 4 is a stationary stub shaft 12. Surrounding the base of the stub shaft on the interior of the cup 4 is a bearing track carrying ball bearings 14. Mounted on a pin 15 in the annular off-set portion 7 is a pawl 16 yieldingly held within the cup 4 by a coiled spring 17. Mounted on the stub shaft 12 and resting on the ball bearings 14 is the operating head 18 which is preferably of integral construction, but which, for the sake of clearness on the drawing, is shown as made up of two parts connected by bolts. The lower part of the operating head consists of an annular ring 19 which on its bottom face has a bearing track and which on its upper face carries a ratchet 21. On the under side of the ratchet are four pins 22 equidistantly spaced and carrying small rollers 23 the purpose of which will be hereinafter described. The pawl 16 cooperates with the ratchet 21 to restrict its rotation in one direction.

Integrally connected to the upper face of ratchet 21 but, as before stated for the sake of clearness, shown as connected thereto by bolts, 24, is disc 25 having at its outer edge four similar cam surfaces 26, separated by notches 27. Integrally connected to the upper portion of the disc 25 are four quadrants 29 providing two perpendicularly intersecting channels 30.

Mounted in one of these channels is a slide 31 the under surface of which is smooth and the upper surface of which has a central cutout portion 32 and a cut-out portion 33 on either side of said central cut-out portion. Mounted in the other channel is a slide 34 having on its under surface a cut-out portion 35 which mates with said previously cutout portion 32 and on its upper surface small cut-out portions 36 similarly spaced from either end. Each quadrant 29 carries a threaded hole for the reception of a bolt. Mounted on the off-set portion 11 of the up per cylindrical portion 9 and extending into said cylindrical portion is a cam 37 arcuate in shape, partly surrounding the circle formed by the quadrants 29 and having flat ends parallel with the longitudinal axis of the operating head. The operating head is covered by a plate 38 carrying bolts 39 which extend therethrough and are received by the threaded holes in the quadrants 29.

Mounted on the cover plate are pins 40 each having a circular indentation. Carried by said pins and locked in place by set screws projecting into said indentation are the operating bars 41 consisting preferably of light metal in any desired configuration and having a portion extending oppositely to the operating bars from the point of rotation. At the end of each of these oppositely extended portions is a downwardly directed pin 42 which passes through an arcuate slot 43 in said cover plate and, is received in one of the small cut out portions near the ends of the cross-slides 31 and 34. At one side of the cylindrical portion 9 adjacent the free end of the cam 37 is a cut-away portion 44 connecting the head casing with the channel containing the locking mechanism. This channel is made up of side walls 45 which are coextensive with the walls of the cylindrical portion 9 and a bottom 46 which is coextensive with the flange 8. The other end of this channel is connected with the coin box. its walls being coextensive with the walls of the coin box. Mounted in said channel adjacent its rear end is a block 47 rigidly secured. in place. Passing through the lower end of said block and resting on the bottom of said channel is a bar 48. At the front end of said bar is an enlarged head 49 the width of which is the same as the width of the notches 27 in the disc 25. At the outer end of said head is a recess 56 in which is mounted a dog 51 spring pressed outwardly by a coiled spring 52 and extending a fraction of an inch beyond the end of said head. When this dog is spring pressed outwardly, the end of said head is larger than said notch 27. Between the head 49 and the block 47 and surr unding said bar 48, is a coiled spring 53 which constantly urges said head into the casing of the head operating mecha nism. T he opposite end of the bar 48 extends into the coin box. Passing through the upper end of the block 47 is another bar similar in construction to bar 48 and par ailel thereto. The front end of said bar is supported on a plate 55 extending over said bar 48.

On the front end of the bar 54 is a head 56 having an inclined portion 57. Between the h l at; and the blcck 47 and surrounding s. 'd bar 54, i a coiled spring 58 constantly said head into the casing of the head operating mechanism.

The rear end of said bar 54 also extends into the coin box. The coin box is of typical construction and has an inclined coin slide 59 mounted above and behind the ends of said bars 48 and 54. The coin slide is capable of holdir f several coins end on end and has a cut-away portion 60 on its rear face whereby coins that are smaller than the coin-for which the machine is constructed will fall out before they reach the end of the slide onto chute 61 f om which they fall into a cup which is open at all times.

Mounted on the end of bar 48 directly beneath the end of the coin slide is a block 63 having an inclined face 64 on which is mounted an angle plate 65 one surface of which is contiguous with face 64 and another surface of which is off-set from face 64. Mounted on the face 66, which is at right angles to face 64 of the bloclr63, is a plate 67 one end of which extends beyond the end of the block and is bent so as to be at right angles to said bar 48. In this bent portion is a slot 68. The plate 67 also extent s upwardly from said block in the vertical plane of said bar 48 and this upwardly extended part is cut away at 69. The endof the bar 54 is forked,

forming a long prong 7 O and a short prong 71. This forked portion passes between said block 63 and the off-set portion of the plate 65, the short prong sliding in said cut-away portion 69 and the long prong passing through said slot 68. The space between the short prong and the long prong is directly under the end of the coin slide whereby the coin is received in this space when it leaves the slide.

Mounted on the end of the block 63 is a long arm 72 which engages the operating handle 73 of a recorder 74 when the bar 48 is pushed rearwardly. The bottom of the coin box beneath the inclined face 64 of the block 63 is cut-away whereby when a coin slides off said inclined face it passes through this cut-away portion into a collection receptacle 75 which is normally locked. The top of the channel is covered by a plate 76 having one end turned upwardly at 77 which is bound in place by the cover 7 8 of the coin box. This cover 78 is slotted to receive the end of the coin slide and is held in place in any conventional manner.

Mounted beneath the channel containing the locking bars is a T shaped casing 79 carrying a rod 80. The head end of the T shaped receptacle fits the chordal cut-away portion of the cup 5. Mounted on the end of the rod 80 is a block 81 having an inclined surface 82. Between this block and the outer end of the casing 78 and surrounding the rod 80 is a coiled spring 83 which constantly urges the block 81 into the cup 4 in the path of the rollers 23. The purpose of this spring pressed block is to complete a quarter rotation of the operating head after said rollers have passed the dead center of said inclined surface 82.

Having thus specifically described the construction of the turnstile made according to this invention, the operation is as follows For the sake of clearness, we will designate the operating bars 41, as a, 7), 0 and (Z beginning with the bars projecting from the left side of the head and reading clockwise. \Vhen the device is in position to be operated the operating bars 41 assume the relation to each other shown in Fig. 1. With the bars in this position the t'urnstile is locked as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. In Fig. 2 it can be seen that the slide 31 is being pressed outwardly by the bars 54 so that its inner end is flush with the perifery of the quadrants 29, and its outer end extends beyond the perifery of the quadrants 29. When in this position the cam 37 is in the path of the outer end of the slide, and the pin 42 of the operating bar a is in the cut-away portion 33 adjacent the outer end of the said slide. At the same time the head of the bar 48 is projecting into one of the notches 27 of the disc thereby preventing rotation in either direction. At this stage the block 81 engages two of the rollers 23 simultaneously. At all times the pawl 16 engages the ratchet 21 preventing rotation of the head i}? a counter-clockwise direction as shown in Assuming that no coin has been placed in the coin slide and a person attempts to pass through, he will press against the arm a which will yield against the force of the spring 58 surrounding the bar 54. When arm a yields, the slide 31 is pushed inwardly against the bar 54 which also goes inwardly. There being nothing to impede its movement, the forked end of the bar 54 will also move inwardly, the long prong 7 O passing through the slot 68 and the short prong 71 travelling in the cut-away portion 69. This movement is restricted by the length of the arcuate slot 43 in the cover plate. Therefore the result of pressure on the operating bar a when there is no coin in the coin slide is that the slide 31 is removed from looking position, but the head is still restrained from rotating by the locking bar 48. \Vhen a coin is deposited in the coin slide its lower perifery comes to rest on the inclined surface 64 of the block 63 at the end of bar 48. It is held in substantially upright position on the surface between prongs and 71 on the bar 54 as shown in Figs. 6, 9 and 11. Now when a person presses on the operating arm a he pushes the slide 33 and consequently the bar 54 inwardly against the action of the spring 58. When the bar 54 moves inwardly the coin is interposed between the crotch of the forked end of the bar 54 and the right angularly bent portion of the plate 67, which as before stated, is mounted on the block 63 which is secured to the end of the bar 48. Consequently, inward movement of the bar 54 through the medium of the coin imparts inward motion to the bar 48 and withdraws the head of bar 48 from the notch 27 in disc 25. Each one of the cams 26 on disc 25 has a high end and a low end, the high end always facing the spring pawl of the head 49 of the bar 48 when the turnstile is moving in clockwise direction. As soon as bar 48 is withdrawn from notch 27 the spring dog 51 springs outwardly whereby the end of head 49 becomes too large to re-enter notch 27. In the same inward movement of bar 48 the arm 72 at the inner end of said bar engages the handle 73 of the recorder 74 and records the passage of the person. The outer end of slide 31 being removed from locking position and the head of bar 48 being removed from notch 27 by this initial pressure on the operating bar a, the passenger is now free to pass through. As. the operating head 18 turns, the slide 34 has its end which is to come to rest in front of bar 54 continually retained within the perifery of the quadrants 29 by the cam 37 which, consequently, keeps the other end of this slide protruding beyond the perifery of the quadrant. As soon as the operating head 18 is moved by arm 41 a suffi cient distance to bring the inner end of slide 31 out of contact with bar 54, the bar 54 springs forwardly releasing the coin which drops into the collection receptacle. After the operating arm 41 has been moved a short distance, oneof the rollers 23 will have passed the dead center of block 81 whereupon the spring 83 exerts a suflicient pressure to complete the quarter revolution of the operating head. As soon as the bar 54 springs back to normal position bar 48 is released and is impelled forwardly till it contacts with the perifery of the cam surface 26. As a quarter rotation is completed the head of bar 48 drops into the next succeeding notch 27, the dog 51 being pressed back into the recess in said head by the high end of the next succeeding cam surface. 1 t the same time the outer end of slide 34 is protruding beyond the perifery of quadrants 29, and its further movement is blocked by cam 37. This is a very important feature in the construction of applicants new turnstile for the reason that if, by some mishap, locking bar 48 should be prevented from entering one of the notches 27 the turnstile would still be prevented from rotating more than a quarter of a turn by the abutment of the outer end of'one of the slides 31 and-34 with the flat end of cam 37 Other features to be particularly noted that the operating arms 41 are entirely inde pendent of the operating head 18, and that the locking means are controlled by said arms through the medium of the intersecting slides 31 and 34 entirely independently of the movement of the operating head 18.

A further feature is that although, when arm a is given the movement allowed it by the arcuate slot 43, arm 0 receives a similar movement due to the fact that i s pin 42 engages the other cut-away portion 33 in slot 31, a pressure on arm 0 by a person, attempting to pass through the side obstructed by arm 0 will not impart any motion to arm a.

Having thus described the structure and operation of applicants invention in one of the preferred embodiments which is merely illustrative and not limitative, applicant reserving the right to practice his invention in such various modifications as may come within the scope of his invention, what is desired to be secured by Letters Patent is 1. In a turnstile the combination of a standard, a single rotatable head mounted on said standard, passage obstructing arms pivotally mounted on said head and capable of bodily movement independently thereof, means for locking said head against rotation and means operated by the independent movement of said arms for releasing said locking means. p

2. In a turnstile the combination of a standard, a single rotatable head mounted onsaid standard, passage obstructingarms pivotally mounted on said head and capable of'bodily rotary movement independently thereof, means for locking said head against rotation and means operated by the independent rotary movement of said arms for releasing said locking means.

3. In a turnstile the combination of a standard, a single rotatable head mounted on said standard, passage obstructing arms pivotally mounted on said head and capable of rotary movement in a plane parallel to the plane of rotation of said head and independently thereof, means for-locking said head against rotation and means operated by the independent rotary movement of said arms for releasing said locking means.

4. I11 a turnstile the combination of a standard, a single rotatable head mounted on said standard, slidable means mounted on said head for looking it against rotation, passage obstructing arms pivotally mounted on said head and capable of movement independently thereof, and means connecting said arms and said slidable means whereby the latter is moved to unlocked position by said independent movement of the former.

5. In a turnstile the combination of a standard, a casing mounted on said standard, a single rotatable head mounted in said casing, a cam mounted on said casing, and slidable means mounted on said head for coacting with said cam at definite periods to iocl: said head against rotation.

6. In a turnstile the combination of a standard, a casing mounted on said stand ard, a single rotatable head mounted in said casing, a cam mounted on said casing, said cam having a flat end and being concentric with a portion of the periphery of said head, and a pair of intersecting locking slides mounted on said head, each slide having one end always projecting beyond the periphery of said head to coact with the flat side of said cam to prevent rotation of said head, the portion of said cam concentric with said head serving to keep the proper end of each slide projected.

7. In a turnstile the combination of a standard, a casing mounted on said standard, a single'rotatable head mounted in said casing, slidable locking means mounted on said head having one end always projecting beyond the periphery of said head, a cam mounted on said casing and situated in the path of said projecting end to prevent rotation of said head and means for withdrawing said projecting end within the periphery of said head whereby the latter is free to rotate;

8, In a turnstile the combination of a standard, a casing mounted on said standard, a single rotatable head mounted in said casing, slidable locking means mounted on said head having one end always projecting beyond the periphery of said head, a cam mounted on said caslng and situated in the path of said projecting end to prevent rotation of said head and means operated independently of movement of said head for withdrawing said projecting end within the periphery of said head whereby the latter is free to rotate.

9. In a turnstile the combination of a standard, a casing mounted on said standard, a single rotatable head mounted in said casing, slidable locking means mounted on said head having one end always projecting beyond the periphery of said head, a cam mounted on said casing and "situated in the path of said projecting end to prevent rotation of said head and passage obstructing arms pivotally mounted on said head and capable of movement independently thereof, said arms being connected to said locking means whereby said projecting arm is withdrawn within the periphery of said head, releasing it for rotation, by said independent movement of said arms.

' 10. In a turnstile, the combination of a standard, a single rotatable head mounted on said standard. passage obstructing arms pivotally mounted on said head and capable of rotary movement independently thereof, means for locking said head from rotation in one direction, means for locking said head from rotation'in both directions, means operated by the independent movementof said arms for releasing both said locking means, and means for positively returning said first mentioned locking means to locking position when said head has rotated a definite distance independently of said second mentioned locking means whereby said head can never overrun the desired stopping point.

, 11..In a. turnstile, the combination of a standard, a single rotatable head mounted on said standard, passage obstructing arms pivotally mounted on said head and capable of rotary movement independently thereof, means for locking said head from rotation in one direction, means for locking said head from rotation in both directions, means operated by the independent movement of said arms for releasing both said locking means coacting with said rotating head, and means for positively returning said first mentioned locking means to locking position when said head has rotated a definite distance independently of said second mentioned locking .said casing, passage obstructing arms pivotally mounted on said head and capable of rotation independently thereof, a pair of right angularly intersecting locking slides mounted on said casing, each slide normally having one end protrudmg beyond the periphery of said head, a cam mounted on said casing having one flat surface in the path of the protruding end of said slide and an arcuate surface concentrio with and contiguous to a portion of the periphery of said head, an additional locking means for locking said head against rotation in both directions, means connecting said slides with said arms whereby the protruding end of said slide is withdrawn inside the periphery of said head by the independent movement of said arms, and means for impartin the motion of the slide so withdrawn to said additional locking means through the agency of a coin whereby it is disengaged from looking position and said head is free to rotate, said arcuate portion of said cam serving to keep one end of said slides in protruded position whereby it will come into contact with the flat side of said cam after said head has made a quarter turn and positively stop further rotation of said head independently of said additional locking means.

13. In a turnstile the combination of a standard, a single rotatable head mounted on said standard. passage obstructing arms pivotally mounted on said head and capable of movement independently thereof, a pair of locking means to prevent rotation of said head, means operated by the independent movement of said arms for normally releasing one of said locking means and means operated by said independent movement of said head through the agency of a coin to release the other locking means and free said head for rotation.

14. In a turnstile the combination of a standard, a single rotatable head mounted on said standard. passage obstructing arms pivotally mounted on said head and capable of movement independently thereof, locking means to prevent rotation of said head in one direction, additional locking means to pre vent rotation of said head in both directions, means operated by the independent movement of said arms to normally release said first mentioned locking means and means operated by the independent movement of said arms through the medium of a coin to release said second mentioned locking means and free said head for rotation.

15. In a turnstile the combination of a standard, a single rotatable head mounted on said standard, passage obstructing arms pivotally mounted on said head and capable of rotary movement independently thereof, a pair of locking means to prevent rotation of said head, means operated by the independent rotary movement of said arms for normally releasing one of said locking means and means operated by said independent rotary movement of said head through the agency of a coin to release the other locking means and free said head for rotation.

16. In a turnstile the combination of a standard, a single rotatable head mounted on said standard, passage obstructing arms pivotally mounted on" said head and capable of rotary movement independently thereof, locking means to prevent rotation of said head in one direction, additional locking means to prevent rotation'of said head in both directions, means operated by the independent rotary movement of said arms to normally release said first mentioned locking means and means operated by the'independent rotary movement of said arms through the medium of a coin to release said second mentioned locking means and free said head for rotation.

17 In a turnstile the combination of a standard, a single rotatable head mounted on said standard, passage obstructing arms pivotally mounted on said head and capable of rotary movement in a plane parallel to the plane of rotation of said head and independently thereof, a pair of locking means to prevent rotation of said head, means operated by the independent rotary movement of said arms for normally releasing one of said locking means, and means operated by said independent rotary movement of said head through the agency of a coin to release the other locking means and free said head for rotation.

18. In a turnstile the combination of a standard, a single rotatable head mounted on said standard, passage obstructing arms pivotally mounted on said head and capable of rotary movement in a plane parallel to the plane of rotation of said head and independently thereof, locking means to prevent rotation of said head in one direction, additional locking means to prevent rotation of said head in both directions, means operated by the independent rotary movement of said arms to normally release said first mentioned locking means and means operated by the independent rotary movement of said arms through the medium of a coin to release said second mentioned locking means and free said head for rotation. V

19. In a turnstile the combination of a standard, a single rotatable head mounted on said standard, passage obstructing arms pivotally mounted on said head and capable of rotary movement independently thereof, a pair of intersecting locking slidesmounted on said head, each slide always having one end protruding beyond the periphery of said head, means coacting with said protruding end for preventing rotation of said head in one direction, means for pressing said slide in projected position, means normally unconnected with said pressing means and cooperating with said head for locking it against rotation in both directions, means operated by the independent rotary movement of said arms for normally releasing said first mentioned locking means against the action of said pressing means and means for completing a mechanical connection between said pressing means of said second mentioned locking means through the agency of a coin whereby said second mentioned locking means is released by the independent rotary movement of said arms.

20. In a turnstile the combination of a standard, a single rotatable head mounted on said standard, passage obstructing arms pivotally mounted on said head and capable of rotary movement independently thereof, intersecting locking slides mounted on said head, each slide having one end always protruding beyond the periphery of said head, means coacting with said protruding end for preventing rotation of said head in one direction, slots in each of said slides, means on the inner end of each arm for engaging one of said slots, a spring pressed bar pressing on one end of one of said slides for keeping the other end of said slide in protruding position, said pressing bar having its free end forked, a locking bar mounted beneath and parallel to said pressing bar and spring pressed normal to the periphery of saidhead into engagement with notches in said head whereby said head is positively prevented from rotation in either direction, an inclined plate mounted on the free end of said locking bar beneath the forked end of said pressing bar, a plate bearing slots to permit passage of the prongs of said forked end of said pressing bar mounted on the end of'said inclined plate, a coin slot mounted above said inclined plate, means on said coin slot to prevent the use of any but a desig nated coin, said inclined plate of said locking bar and forked end of said pressing bar constituting a receiving space for said designated coin, said pressing bar being adapted to be pushed backwardly by the independent rotary movement of said arms, said coin forming a mechanical connection between said pressing bar and locking bar whereby when said pressingbar is pushed backwardly it d'isengages said locking bar from said head and means carried by the end of said locking bar to engage a recorder when said bar is so disengaged thereby registering a passage through said turnstile, said pressing bar being spring pressed forwardly as soon as the end of the slide with which it has been in engagement passes from beneath it thereby releasing said coin which drops into a collecting receptacle.

'21. Ina coin controlled turnstile. the combination of a standard, a single rotatable head mounted on said standard, passage obstructing arms pivotally mounted on said head, and

capable of bodily movement independently thereof, means for locking said head against rotation and means capable of mechanically coacting with the diametrically opposite edges of a coin for releasing said locking means, said releasing means being operated by the independent movement of said arms.

22. In a coin controlled turnstile the combination of a standard, a single rotatable head mounted on said standard, passage ob- 10 structing arms pivotally mounted on said head and capable of rotary movement in a plane parallel to the plane of rotation of said head and independently thereof, means for locking said head against rotation, and means capable of mechanically coacting with the diametrically opposite edges of a coin for re leasing said locking means, said releasing means being operated by the independent rotary movement of said arms.

23. In a coin controlled turnstile the combination of a standard, a single rotatable head mounted on said standard, passage obstructing arms pivotally mounted on said head and capable of limited rotary movement in a plane parallel to the plane of rotation of said head and independently thereof Without the agency of a coin, means for locking said head against rotation, and means capable of mechanically coacting With the diametrically op posite edges of a coin for releasing said looking means, said releasing means being operated by said limited rotary movement of the arms.

In testimony Wheerof I have hereunto set my hand.

FRANK J. PEREY. 

